#aaron copland

[smokeyhillscowboy]

I’m pretty sure all the blellow shippers would go insane over Aaron Copland. He’s got the Rodeo Ballet which A. Scratches the brain. And B. I think fits their vibe perfectly.

[stone-cold-groove]

Cover illustration detail from Music & Imagination. Aaron Copeland - 1952.

[married-to-a-redhead]

[yes-gigging-posts]

Aaron Copland : Appalachian Spring on the turntable this morning

[strathshepard]

[visoflex65]

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

[classical-music-offical]

Classical Piece of the Day - day 35

Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man

A rock arrangement of this is being played at the Proms tonight (and the normal version was the opener of last night's Prom too). I considered going, as outside of classical music, one of my favourite musicians is Guy Garvey (who will be singing), but I don't have loads of money and there are other concerts I'd rather go to.

This piece was inspired in part by a speech made in 1942 by then American Vice President, Henry A. Wallace, in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".

It's scored for only four French horns, three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, timpani, a bass drum and a tam-tam.

[themidcenturyscene]

Rodeo by Aaron Copland